Verity Investment Management provides innovative income growth solutions for financial advisors, endowments, pension plans and other financial professionals. We offer a unique approach to dividend growth investing designed to deliver targeted levels of annual income and income growth as well as competitive long-term total returns.
What We Do
We build growing streams of dividend income.
FINANCIAL ADVISORS
- Pre-retirees can reinvest the income as additional savings while building a larger stream of future retirement income and growth. When they are ready to retire, they can simply start withdrawing the income monthly to fund their expenses.
- Retirees can receive a growing stream of monthly retirement income while keeping their savings invested to grow over time.
ENDOWMENTS AND FOUNDATIONS
PENSION PLANS
How We Invest
We are obsessed about dividend growth.
CONSISTENT DIVIDEND GROWTH DEMONSTRATES:
RETURNS OF S&P 500 STOCKS BY DIVIDEND POLICY (2002-2022)
2002 Value | |||
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2022 Value | |||
Annualized Return | |||
Dividend cutters and eliminators | Non-dividend paying stocks | Dividend payers with no change in dividend | Dividend growers and initiators |
$10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
$3,310 | $29,470 | $27,060 | $52,850 |
-5.4% | 5.5% | 5.1% | 8.7% |
APPROACH
We perform four jobs for our clients.
PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTIONS - THE FOUR JOBS
1
Provide significant and reliable current income2
Grow income annually at targeted rates3
Provide attractive long-term total returns4
Be resilient in down marketsPROCESS
We combine quantitative screening and fundamental analysis.
Our investment process builds on our commitment to the four jobs. We employ a combination of quantitative screens and fundamental analysis to establish our investible universe and to rank opportunities for security selection.
Our initial screen begins with all publicly traded securities on U.S. exchanges and must meet a number of factors, including the following three minimum criteria:
- 3 years of dividend growth
- 2 percent average dividend growth rate
- 1 percent current dividend yield
STEPS
1
Perform quantitative analysis of investable universe using proprietary models to rank companies.
2
Conduct fundamental analysis of top-ranked companies with a special focus on dividend growth expectations.
3
Construct diversified portfolio that balances the four jobs to meet client objectives.
4
Monitor and adjust as needed to make sure portfolio is achieving targets for income, income growth and appreciation.
Client Solutions
Each strategy solves specific client objectives.
LONG TERM OBJECTIVES
Enhanced Yield | |
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Core Income Growth | |
Focused Dividend Growth | |
Yield Target | Annual Dividend Growth Target |
4.0% - 5.0% | 4% - 6% |
3.0% - 4.0% | 6% - 8% |
2.0% - 3.0% | 8+% |
KEY METRICS
Enhanced Yield | ||||||
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Core Income Growth | ||||||
Focused Dividend Growth | ||||||
Russell 1000 Value Index* | ||||||
Dividend Yield | Dividend Growth (5 yr, historical) | Weighted Avg. Market Cap (mil) | P/E (NTM) | EPS Growth (5 yr, historical) | ROIC | # of Holdings |
4.2% | 5.6% | 126,015 | 15.1x | 5.5% | 9.7% | 40 |
3.5% | 7.4% | 271,383 | 17.0x | 8.4% | 12.2% | 53 |
2.5% | 8.5% | 524,318 | 19.8x | 10.4% | 18.4% | 40 |
2.1% | 3.2% | 169,676 | 16.7x | 5.5% | 7.2% | 872 |